February 1

Learn the most interesting events and historical facts that happened throughout history on February 1. From 1900 until now. February 1 is under the sign of Aquarius. Famous birthdays on this day include Harry Styles (1994), Claude François (1939) and Princess Stephanie of Monaco (1965). Several movies were released around February 1 over the years, such as Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears in 1980 directed by Vladimir Menshov and Shutter Island in 2010 directed by Martin Scorsese.
But much more happened on February 1 over the years: find out below

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Holidays

St. Brigid of Kildare - one of the three patron saints of Ireland, the others being St. Patrick and St. Columcille.
In Roald Dahl's Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, the fictional character Willy Wonka gives an unprecedented tour of his chocolate factory on February 1 (year unspecified).
Blessed Reginald of Sint-Gillis
The start of LGBT History Month in the United Kingdom.
The start of Black History Month in the United States.
Imbolc - the first day of Spring in Ireland (Irish Calendar), one of the eight solar holidays in the Wheel of the Year.
St. Veridiana
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Events

2019 Dissident Irish Republican campaign: Two people were shot and injured in two individual attacks in Londonderry.(BBC)Ammunition and a mortar tube was found at the Irish border in County Louth. (BBC)
2018 Persecution of Muslims in Myanmar: The existence of five mass graves in northern Rakhine State is confirmed by the Associated Press through multiple eyewitness testimonies and video evidence. Many of the bodies in the graves were Rohingya victims of the Gu Dar Pyin massacre. (The Associated Press)
2017 Four alleged extremists planning terror attacks in Azerbaijan are killed in a shootout with the country's security forces; one suspect is arrested. The State Security Service says the group was connected to an unspecified religious extremist group abroad. (Reuters) (Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty)
2016 PKK Rebellion (2015–present): Two Turkish Army soldiers are killed in a Kurdistan Workers' Party ambush in the southeast Diyarbakır Province. (Anadolu Post)
2015 The United Steelworkers union strikes against Royal Dutch Shell Plc at nine U.S. oil and chemical plants. Up until recently oil prices had undergone steep drops since June, but the union's action as part of the supply chain caused the market price to soar more than eight percent. (Reuters)
2014 Syrian Civil War:: Talks in Geneva end. (BBC)
2013 2013 United States embassy bombing in Ankara:: A suicide bombing outside the U.S. embassy in the Turkish capital, Ankara, kills at least two people. (BBC) (CNN) (Reuters)
2012 At least 79 people were killed and more than 1,000 were injured after a football match in Port Said, Egypt.ref name=quotcnnquot
2011 2011 Egyptian protests
2010 US President Barack Obama announces a US$3.8 trillion budget plan for 2011, forecasting the US deficit would rise to a record US$1.56 trillion this year.
2009 In Tampa, Florida, the NFL's SuperBowl XLII game is played. The Pittsburgh Steelers win their record sixth Super Bowl by defeating the Arizona Cardinals. Santonio Holmes is named the game's most valuable player.
2008 A small plane crashes at Mount Airy, North Carolina resulting in the death of six passengers. (WSLS)
2007 ''Harry Potter'' author J. K. Rowling announces the release date for her book, ''Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows'', the final installment in the ''Potter'' series to be 21 July 2007. (J.K.Rowling Official Site)
2006 UAL Corporation, United Airlines' parent company, emerges from bankruptcy after being in that position since December 9, 2002, the longest such filing in history.
2005 King Gyanendra of Nepal carries out a coup d'etat to capture the democracy, becoming Chairman of the Councils of ministers.
2004 Janet Jackson's breast is exposed during the half-time show of Super Bowl XXXVIII, resulting in US broadcasters adopting a stronger adherence to Federal Communications Commission censorship guidelines.
2003 Space Shuttle Columbia disintegrates during reentry into the Earth's atmosphere, killing all seven astronauts aboard.
2002 Kidnapped Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl is murdered in Karachi, Pakistan.
2001 Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman announced that they had separated.
1998 Street Corner Symphony, closes at Brooks Atkinson NYC after 79 performances
1996 The Communications Decency Act is passed by the U.S. Congress.
1995 Amtrak New York-Tampa run ends.
1994 Irina Privalova runs world record 50 metre indoor (6.03 seconds).
1993 New York Judge Sol Wachtler indicted for harassing Joy Silverman.
1992 Crazy He Calls Me closes at Walter Kerr Theater NYC after 7 performances
1991 Afghanistan / Pakistan hit by earthquake, 1,200 die
1990 Nintendo ships the Super Mario Bros. 3 video game for the Nintendo Entertainment System in the US.
1989 Princess Diane of England visits New York City
1988 Heather O'Rourke, American actress (Poltergeist), dies of intestinal ailment at age 12 (born 1975).
1987 NFL Pro Bowl: AFC beats NFC 10-6.
1986 KHJ-AM in Los Angeles CA changes call letters to KRTH
1985 -61 degrees F (-52 degrees C), Maybell, Colorado (state record).
1984 China and Netherlands regain diplomatic relations.
1982 Late Night With David Letterman, debuts on NBC-TV
1981 11th AFC-NFC pro bowl, NFC wins 21-7
1980 Sears Radio Theater moves from CBS to Mutual Broadcasting System
1979 Patricia Hearst is released from a San Francisco prison for bank robbery.
1978 Harriet Tubman is 1st black woman honored on a US postage stamp
1977 Heavy blizzard in New England claims 100 lives.
1976 Rich Man, Poor Man mini-series premieres on ABC TV
1975 Hoppy, Gene & Me by Roy Rogers peaks at #65
1974 Good Times (spinoff from Maude) premieres on CBS TV
1973 Monte Irvin elected to baseball Hall of Fame.
1972 Wings release Give Ireland Back to the Irish in the UK
1970 Ford Frick, Earle Combs and Jesse Haines elected to Hall of Fame
1969 Jim Morrison arrested for exposing himself in concert
1968 Famous photo: Saigon police chief Nguyen Ngoc Loan executes a Viet Cong officer with a pistol shot to the head.
1967 WCLP TV channel 18 in Chatsworth, Georgia (PBS) begins broadcasting
1966 West Germany procures some 2,600 political prisoners from East Germany.
1965 Dutch Queen Juliana opens Brienenoord Bridge in Rotterdam
1964 Stop the World, I Want to... closes at Shubert NYC after 556 performances
1963 Nyasaland (later Malawi) becomes self-governing under Hastings Banda.
1962 NL releases its 1st 162-game schedule
1961 First full-scale test of US Minuteman ICBM is successful.
1960 4 students stage 1st civil rights sit-in, at Greensboro NC Woolworth
1959 Texas Instruments requests patent of IC (Integrated Circuit)
1958 1st US satellite (Explorer I) launched
1957 1st black pilot (PH Young) on a US scheduled passenger airline
1956 Hague Daily Newspaper reveals war crimes of Hague mayor Schokking
1955 Ray Kroc opens a McDonald's fast food restaurant (the company's 9th since it was founded in 1940), but Kroc later takes over the company and oversees its worldwide expansion.
1954 1st TV soap opera Secret Storm premieres
1953 General Electric Theater premieres on CBS TV
1952 General strike against French colonial management in Tunisia.
1951 1st telecast of atomic explosion
1950 Urko Kekkonen elected president of Finland.
1949 RCA releases first single record ever (45 RPM).
1948 Palestine Post building in Jerusalem is bombed.
1947 Aleide de Gasperi forms Italian government of Christian-democrats and communists.
1946 Republic of Hungary proclaimed, Zolt n Tildy as communist president.
1945 US Army arrives at Siegfriedlinie.
1944 US 7th Infantry / 25th Marine Division lands on Kwajalein / Roi / Namur
1943 German occupiers of Norway make Vidkun Quisling premier.
1942 World War II: U.S. Navy conducts Marshalls-Gilberts raids, the first offensive action by the United States against Japanese forces in the Pacific Theater.
1941 US female Figure Skating championship won by Jane Vaughn.
1940 Russia begins new offensive against Finland.
1937 Stapleton, Staten Island, New York becomes a customs-free port.
1935 James T Farrell finishes his Studs Lonigan trilogy
1934 Austrian Chancellor Engelbert Dollfuss dissolves all political parties but his own.
1933 Colonial government arrests Anton de Kom in Paramaribo Suriname
1926 Kirghiz Autonomous Region in RSFSR becomes Kirghiz ASSR.
1924 Soccer team VSV Tonido forms in Voorburg
1923 Fascists Voluntary Militia forms in Italy under Benito Mussolini.
1920 Soccer team Quick Boys forms.
1918 Russia adopts Gregorian calender (becomes February 14)
1917 Admiral Tirpitz announces unlimited submarine war.
1914 Pennsylvania State Board of [motion picture] Censors appointed.
1910 Dragoumis government forms in Greece.
1909 US Assay Office in Salt Lake City, Utah opens.
1908 King Carlos I of Portugal and his son, Prince Luis Filipe are killed in Terreiro do Paco, Lisbon.
1906 1st federal penitentiary building completed, Leavenworth, Kansas
1905 Hague soccer team ADO forms.
1902 Hermann Sudermanns "Es lebe das Leben" premieres in Berlin.
1900 Western Australia announced its refusal to join the Australian Federation unless it is given five more years of fiscal freedom.
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